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Macbeth: Letter From Lady Macbeth To Macbeth - Paper

Macbeth: Letter From Lady Macbeth To Macbeth

Dearest husband,
These last few months have been sorry ones. The actions you and I have
undertaken have played on my conscience, and I am finding it hard to cope. I
realise that the path we had chosen was the wrong one, and even though I
accepted that from the beginning, the consequences of that choice and the mental
anguish that I am experiencing now were unimaginable at the time.
I was pleased when I received your letter telling me of your promotion
to Thane of Cawdor. I am sure it was a step that pleased you too. But I'm afraid
that my ambition to act on the witches prophecies was to be our downfall. The
prospect of you being king was so great that I lost touch with reason. When ...

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to fulfill your potential.
But doubt crept into my mind on the fateful night of Duncans murder. I
would have done it myself if he had not looked like my father. He was resting so
peacefully in the innocence of sleep, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So
you had to. Who could have imagined the old man would have had so much blood in
him. This blood has stained me forever and I am afraid it has done the same to
you. Nothing can remove this blood. Many nights I would wake in cold sweat and
my hand would be red from my rubbing. The blood just wont leave me, it haunts me
night and day.
But the murder of the Macduff family was just too much. Sometimes I can
hear the cries of the women and young children as they are being killed, and it
is the knowledge that my decisions led to their deaths that I find most
distressing. It is ironic that the actions leading to my demise have also led to
the demise of so many innocent people, including children.
The souls of the victims of our greed ...

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Added: 5/18/2008 09:55:26 PM
Category: Arts
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 625
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